| 3GPP | 3rd Generation Partnership Project |
| AIS | Automatic Identification System |
| AMC | Adaptive Modulation and Coding |
| ANN | Artificial Neural Network |
| AP | Access Point |
| AU | Aerial User |
| BS | Base Station |
| CA | Collision Avoidance |
| CE | Cross Entropy |
| CEO | Cross Entropy Optimiser |
| CNN | Convolution Neural Network |
| CP | Cyber-Physical |
| CPS | Cyber-Physical System |
| CSI | Channel State Information |
| CSMA | Carrier Sensing Multiple Access |
| D2D | Device-to-Device |
| DA | Discriminant Analysis |
| DDPG | Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient |
| DDRL | Deep Distributed Reinforcement Learning |
| DQN | Deep Q-Network |
| DQL | Deep Q-Learning |
| DL | Deep Learning |
| DRL | Distributed Reinforcement Learning |
| eNB | Evolved NodeB |
| ESN | Echo State Network |
| FANET | Flying Ad Hoc Network |
| GEO | Geostationary Earth Orbit |
| GMM | Gaussian Mixture Model |
| GP | Gaussian Process |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GPU | Graphics Processing Unit |
| GU | Ground User |
| HAPS | High Amplitude Platform Station |
| HDMF | Heterogeneous Deep Model Fusion |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| KNN | K Nearest Neighbor |
| LAP | Low Altitude Platform |
| LD | Linear Discriminant |
| LEO | Low Earth Orbit |
| LiDAR | Light Detection and Ranging |
| LR | Linear Regression |
| LSBoost | Least Squares Boosting |
| LSM | Liquid State Machine |
| LTE | Long-Term Evolution |
| MAB | Multi-Armed Bandit |
| MAC | Medium Access Control |
| MAE | Mean Absolute Error |
| MAPE | Mean Absolute Percent Error |
| MDP | Markov Decision Process |
| MEO | Medium Earth Orbit |
| MFCC | Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients |
| MG | Minority Games |
| MILP | Mixed Integer Linear Programming |
| MIMO | Multiple-Input Multiple-Output |
| ML | Machine Learning |
| MLE | Maximum Likelihood Estimation |
| MLP | Multiple Layer Perceptron |
| mmWave | millimeter Waveband |
| MOS | Mean Opinion Score |
| MUM | Manned and Unmanned |
| NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| NHPSO | Network-Based Heterogeneous Particle Swarm Optimization |
| NMPC | Nonlinear Model Predictive Control |
| NN | Neural Network |
| NOMA | Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access |
| NTN | Non-Terrestrial Networks |
| OBU | On-Board Unit |
| OFDM | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing |
| OFDMA | Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access |
| PHC | Policy Hill Climbing |
| PL | Path-Loss |
| PLS | Physical Layer Security |
| PoI | Point of Interest |
| POMDP | Partially Observable Markov Decision Process |
| PSN | Public Safety Network |
| PT | Prospect Theory |
| QD | Quadratic Discriminant |
| QoE | Quality of Experience |
| QoS | Quality of Service |
| RandF | Random Forest |
| RAT | Radio Access Technology |
| RF | Radio Frequency |
| RL | Reinforcement learning |
| RMSE | Root Mean Squared Error |
| RNN | Recurrent Neural Network |
| RPV | Remotely Piloted Vehicle |
| RSS | Received Signal Strength |
| RSU | Roadside Unit |
| RTCA | Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics |
| SDR | Software Defined Radio |
| SINR | Signal-to-Interference plus Noise Ratio |
| SIR | Signal-to-Interference Ratio |
| SMGD | Sequential-Markov-Greedy-Decision |
| SNR | Signal-to-Noise Ratio |
| SSA | Salp Swarm Algorithm |
| SSN | Self-Sustaining Networks |
| STFT | Short-Time Fourier Transform |
| SVM | Support Vector Machine |
| TDMA | Time Division Multiple Access |
| UAV | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle |
| UE | User Equipment |
| UI | User Interface |
| USRP | Universal Software Radio Peripheral |
| V2X | Vehicle-to-Everything |
| VANET | Vehicular Ad Hoc Network |
| WPC | Wireless Powered Communication |